Table A-2

China goods trade with world, as reported by China's trading partners, adjusted for shipping costs*, 2005–2011 (billions of U.S. dollars)

Imports Exports Trade balance
2005 576.2 933.4 357.2
2006 692.0 1141.2 449.2
2007 805.0 1378.3 573.4
2008 921.3 1572.3 651.0
2009 873.9 1339.3 465.3
2010** 1152.4 1684.8 532.4
2011** 1405.2 1931.4 526.3

* Assumes China pays 10% CIF (cost, insurance and freight) and receives 1/(1+.10 ) in export revenues
**Preliminary estimates, included for illustration only

Source: UN Comtrade (2013)

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